EXCEEDING GREAT REWARD
MY REDEEMER, REFINER, AND
By Anna Skudarnova
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In the loneliness, He meets me. In the quiet, He pursues me. When I’m stripped of everything that once was my identity: He loves me. He takes away all life’s crutches So that I learn to lean on Him. He makes me uncomfortable, To refine all my impurities. In my daily downfalls, He redeems! Is there anyone else like this? So powerful, yet merciful, So high and mighty, yet full of grace. He takes away the applause, admiration, and attention; He makes sure I know He is the only one looking, He whispers: I—I alone Am your Exceeding Great Reward.
3rd Place - Poetry
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